I'm supposed to make a collage of 10 different types of computers. If you don't really understand my question I mean computers can be considered different things like calculators, clocks, or alarm systems. At least thats what my teacher told me.
What are different forms of computers?virus scanner
The definition of a computer (literally) is any machine capable of following a set of instructions ...so....
Knitting machine (some take a punched card type of pattern)
Sewing machine - they follow instructions to create the different stitch patterns
Jaquard Loom - used to make fabrics.. actually the first punched-card programmable machine - it put thousands out of work and caused riots which eventually cost the inventor his life.
Video Recorder - you can program the recording schedule
Microwave oven - often have multi - step cooking etc.
Automatic Car Transmission - It is able to determine when to change gears according to rules; in fact it uses ''hydraulic logic''.
Modern Self-tuning Television - It locates and stores channels according to rules about what a TV signal looks like.
Hopefully this will give you some ideas; the acid test is ''Is this thing following a set of instructions'' - sometimes it isnt easy to tell, but if you can provide an argument that it is following instructions and not that a person is guiding every operation, then you can argue that it is a computer.
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